(PHP 5, PHP 7)
SimpleXMLElement::xpath — Runs XPath query on XML data
$path
) : array
The xpath method searches the SimpleXML node for
children matching the XPath path.
pathAn XPath path
Returns an array of SimpleXMLElement objects or FALSE in
case of an error.
Example #1 Xpath
<?php
$string = <<<XML
<a>
<b>
<c>text</c>
<c>stuff</c>
</b>
<d>
<c>code</c>
</d>
</a>
XML;
$xml = new SimpleXMLElement($string);
/* Search for <a><b><c> */
$result = $xml->xpath('/a/b/c');
while(list( , $node) = each($result)) {
echo '/a/b/c: ',$node,"\n";
}
/* Relative paths also work... */
$result = $xml->xpath('b/c');
while(list( , $node) = each($result)) {
echo 'b/c: ',$node,"\n";
}
?>
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/a/b/c: text /a/b/c: stuff b/c: text b/c: stuff
Notice that the two results are equal.